Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yam bean

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: yam bean
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.

noun

Any of the plants in the genus Pachyrhizus, including several similar cultivated species.

Inflected Forms

yam beans (plural)

Synonyms

pachyrhizus erosus potato bean pachyrhizus tuberosus

Questions

What does yam bean mean?: A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.

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